Rachel Smith

MRS. RACHEL SMITH, NEAR AROMA, IS DEAD OF INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IN A FALL.

Mrs. Rachel Smith, who would have been eighty-one years old had she lived until
October 9 of the present year, died Friday night at 8:30 o'clock at her home
southwest of Elwood and near Aroma. Mrs. Smith had been suffering from chronic
allments, and her condition was aggravated by a fall which she sustained a week ago
at her home. No bones were broken, but she sustained bruises that were serious.

The deceased had been a widow about thirty years and was the mother of eight
children, five of them living, they being: Alice, wife of Isaac Langston, of New
Castle, Malinda, wife of George Noland, of Frankton, Fernando Smith, living four and
a quarter miles south of Elwood, Rosa, widow of William Etchison, three miles south
of Elwood, and Harry (Henry) Smith, east of Aroma.

The deceased was a native of this state having been born on the old Harvey
homestead, in Hamilton couty. Her father, John Harvey, was one of the pioneer
settlers of that county. Only one brother of a family of four children survives Mrs.
Smith. He resides in Elwood.

Mrs. Smith was a life-long member of the Friends church, her membership being at
Westfield, and her long life was that of a devoted Christian and kindly mother.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Smith made her home with her children. She
was greatly beloved by all who knew her.

The burial will be Sunday, services being at the M.E. church at Aroma at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Fisher officiating. The interment will be at Aroma.

RACHEL SMITH IS CALLED- HERE DURING EARLY DAYSElwood Call Leader 26 June 1915

Pioneer Woman of Aroma Neighborhood Died From Recent Injuries.
Mrs. Rachel Smith, age 80 years, a resident of the Aroma neighborhood for
years and known to every older resident in this section of Madison and
Tipton counties, died yesterday afternoon following a continued illness
due to senility. News of the death has been learned here with genuine
sorrow, the deceased having been a woman generally loved and respected and
her passing removes another of the few persons who bridged the period
between the early days of this community and the present.

About two weeks ago the deceased who had been failing in strength for
several years although she was still able to be about her home, slipped
and fell at her home. She received injuries which in a young person would
not have proved serious, but in her advanced age and general weakened
condition caused the shock to prove one which hastened her death. She had
been sinking rapidly since the accident until yesterday afternoon when
death occured.

One of Pioneers.

During the early days in this vicinity the deceased lived in the country
which was then little more than a forest and here she reared her family
and looked after the affairs of the home which then were of a very
different nature from what they are today. She was a brave and devoted
woman of the hardy type of which the pioneers were made. She had an
unusual memory of her early life and was fond of telling stories of the
struggles and dangers which were daily encountered here many years ago.

The deceased is survived by Charles Harvey, a brother of this city,
Fernando Smith, a son living here, Mrs. Rose Etchison, Mrs. Malinda Noland
of Frankton and Mrs. Alice Langston of North Carolina, daughters and Henry
Smith, with whom she made her home.

The funeral will be held at 10:30 tomorrow at the Aroma church and
interment will follow there. Elwood Call Leader 26 June 1915.